[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 68391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26004]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Plan of Operations, Environmental Assessment, and Draft 
Floodplains and Wetlands Statements of Findings, Big Thicket National 
Preserve, TX

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Plan of Operations, Environmental 
Assessment, and draft Floodplain and Wetland Statements of Findings for 
a 30-day public review at Big Thicket National Preserve.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in accordance with Sec.  9.52(b) of 
Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 9, Subpart B, that 
the National Park Service (NPS) has received from Sanchez Oil and Gas 
Corporation a Plan of Operations for drilling and production of the WM 
Rice 1 Well from a surface location north of County Road 4825 
within Big Thicket National Preserve, Tyler County, Texas. 
Additionally, the NPS has prepared an Environmental Assessment and 
draft Floodplain and Wetland Statements of Findings on this proposal.

DATES: The above documents are available for public review and comment 
through December 27, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The Plan of Operations, Environmental Assessment, and draft 
Floodplain and Wetland Statements of Findings are available for public 
review and comment in the Office of the Superintendent, Art Hutchinson, 
Big Thicket National Preserve, 3785 Milam Street, Beaumont, Texas. 
Copies of the Plan of Operations are available, for a duplication fee; 
and copies of the Environmental Assessment and draft Floodplain and 
Wetland Statements of Findings are available upon request, and at no 
cost, from the Superintendent, Art Hutchinson, Big Thicket National 
Preserve, 3785 Milam Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dusty Pate, Range Technician, Big 
Thicket National Preserve, 3785 Milam Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701, 
Telephone: 409 839-2689 ext. 232, e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to submit comments on these 
documents within the 30 days; mail them to the street address provided 
above, hand-deliver them to the park at the street address provided 
above, or electronically file them to the e-mail address provided 
above. Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular 
business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold 
their home address from the record, which we will honor to the extent 
allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we would 
withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. 
If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state 
this prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will make all 
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.

    Dated: October 27, 2004.
John T. Crowley,
Acting Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 04-26004 Filed 11-23-04; 8:45 am]
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